Centres in the West Midlands, Nottingham and Northampton, which between them employ 600 people, will close down to make way for the new development at Daventry, Northamptonshire.
This will create almost the same number of jobs at the new centre.
Royal Mail also runs a distribution centre at East Midlands Airport, but this operation will not be affected by the changes.
Read MoreRoyal Mail today announced plans to replace three distribution centres with a new £40 million operation. Centres at Wednesbury in the West Midlands, Nottingham and Northampton, which employ 600 people, will close to make way for the new development at Daventry, Northamptonshire which will create almost the same number of jobs.
Read MoreThe Royal Mail today agreed a trial scheme to deliver letters collected by German rival Deutsche Post.
It was the first commercial arrangement Royal Mail has made on access to its network by a rival firm.
Late and lost mail cost businesses Pounds 450million last year, a report by Postwatch revealed yesterday.
Over half of companies said delays affected them. Some 7.3 per cent said they were “dissatisfied” with Royal Mail.
But over eight out of ten were “satisfied”.
The Royal Mail said: “For the past 15 months, nine out of ten first class letters have been arriving the next working day.”
Read MoreRoyal Mail managing directors Gillian Wilmot and Adam Novak are to battle it out for a new top marketing post created by Consignia chairman Allan Leighton. Wilmot, who is managing director of Royal Mail Business and Consumer Markets, and Novak, the Media Markets unit managing director, are to see their departments combined with the E-enterprise unit to form a Letters division.
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